KIM LAB

Brian Kim is an assistant professor of materials science and engineering and physics at the University of Arizona. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2018 and was a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University from 2018 to 2023. His research interests include designing and engineering low-dimensional quantum materials and heterostructures from the atomic level to the system level for a new generation of electronic, photonic and quantum technologies.

PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2018
MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2013
BS, Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2011

Honors & Awards:
2026, Doctoral New Investigator Award, ACS Petroleum Research Fund
2026, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU
2026, Nanoscale Emerging Investigator Award, Royal Society of Chemistry
2025-2027, Scialog Fellow in Quantum Matter and Information, RCSA
2025-2026, Member, APL Photonics Early Career Editorial Advisory Board
2024, Outstanding Young Researcher Award, AKPA & KPS